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fromQueerty
9 hours ago

Will Trent's Cora Lu Tran dishes on bringing nonbinary representation to network TV & working with an animal co-star - Queerty

Will Trent showcases significant nonbinary representation through the character Nico, positively impacting both the actor and viewers alike.
Film
from48 hills
6 days ago

Screen Grabs: Tributes to three trailblazing women filmmakers - 48 hills

The representation of women directors in major-studio films is declining, while they remain prominent in experimental and arthouse cinema.
Podcast
fromSan Jose Spotlight
6 days ago

San Jose filmmakers create space to support women - San Jose Spotlight

PowerHouse is a women-owned production and event space in San Jose aimed at empowering women in the broadcast industry.
Independent films
fromAnOther
1 week ago

Letitia Wright Heads to Hawaii in Prada's Re-Nylon Documentary

Prada's Re-Nylon series documentary highlights Hawaii's ecosystems and promotes ocean education through its Sea Beyond initiative.
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago

"Gutter racism": Administration aide begged Army not to make Trump appear next to Black woman - LGBTQ Nation

"Mr. Buria told Mr. Driscoll that President Trump would not want to stand next to a Black female officer at military events," the Times reported, citing three unnamed officials familiar with the exchange.
Washington DC
Books
fromBustle
2 weeks ago

Viola Davis Reveals The Book That "Blew Her Mind"

Viola Davis cultivated a reading habit as a teenager, using books as escape, and later transformed her love of reading into a bestselling memoir and novel co-authored with James Patterson.
#oscars
fromVulture
2 weeks ago
Television

Ashley Nicole Black Was Proud to Bat Leadoff at the Oscars

Comedian Ashley Nicole Black appeared first on the Oscars telecast in a cold open sketch with host Conan O'Brien, where she played a makeup artist preparing him in drag.
fromThe Independent
2 weeks ago
Film

Teyana Taylor defends her reaction to losing Oscar to Amy Madigan

Teyana Taylor defended her enthusiastic applause for Amy Madigan's Oscar win, arguing that genuine sportsmanship and gracious losing are virtues many people lack.
Television
fromVulture
2 weeks ago

Ashley Nicole Black Was Proud to Bat Leadoff at the Oscars

Comedian Ashley Nicole Black appeared first on the Oscars telecast in a cold open sketch with host Conan O'Brien, where she played a makeup artist preparing him in drag.
Film
fromThe Independent
2 weeks ago

Teyana Taylor defends her reaction to losing Oscar to Amy Madigan

Teyana Taylor defended her enthusiastic applause for Amy Madigan's Oscar win, arguing that genuine sportsmanship and gracious losing are virtues many people lack.
#white-allyship
fromLGBTQ Nation
4 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Queer actress Sophia Bush lauded for comments on white allyship: "She's f**king awesome" - LGBTQ Nation

fromLGBTQ Nation
4 weeks ago
SF LGBT

Queer actress Sophia Bush lauded for comments on white allyship: "She's f**king awesome" - LGBTQ Nation

Music production
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Fame is the worst thing for us as human beings': Naomi Scott on scream queens, Disney princesses and finding her own voice

Naomi Scott redirected her career from acting to music after a quarter-life crisis at 27, releasing her debut album F.I.G. as a return to her first creative love.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Why Black women playing villains on screen still feels controversial

Teyana Taylor's Golden Globe-winning role as morally ambiguous character Perfidia Beverly Hills in One Battle After Another has sparked debate about representation of Black women in Hollywood, with critics arguing the film reinforces stereotypical portrayals.
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Tricia Tuttle to remain Berlinale head with conditions

Tuttle faced political backlash following pro-Palestinian speeches at the festival's awards ceremony on February 21. Among them, Syrian-Palestinian director Abdallah Alkhatib accused Germany of accepting to be 'partners of the genocide in Gaza by Israel' as he received an award for best feature debut for 'Chronicles From a Siege.'
Berlin
Social justice
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago

"To The Women Who Look Like Me...": Sophia Bush Delivered An Important Message For White People On Allyship

Sophia Bush advocates for white allyship at the NAACP Image Awards, urging white people to support Black communities with the same enthusiasm they show for Black culture.
Television
fromTODAY.com
3 weeks ago

Shonda Rhimes Shares What She's Looking for in Dating - and What Her Kids Think

Shonda Rhimes prioritized motherhood over marriage, adopting three children while building a successful career creating acclaimed television series.
fromThe Oaklandside
1 month ago

Celebrating Betty Reid Soskin, civil rights storyteller and park ranger

Betty leaves behind a powerful legacy for all of us and certainly within the National Park Service. Her thoughtful, introspective musings about the Civil Rights movement and the women's movement and how they intersected are some of the unique moments that I will always treasure...Thanks to Betty we've learned that we can hold multiple conflicting truths at the same time.
East Bay (California)
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

This is for Ms. Betty': Betty Reid Soskin, author, activist, and park ranger, celebrated

Thanks to Betty, we have learned to lean into and seek out the hidden stories that go beyond the popular narrative. Before taking on that job, Soskin helped influence the stories told there as a field representative to two congressmembers, ensuring the museum also reflected the lived experiences of Black and Asian Americans at the time.
East Bay (California)
#oscar-nomination
fromIndieWire
1 month ago
Independent films

Teyana Taylor Finds Comfort in the 'Uncomfortable' Conversations About Her Oscar-Nominated Role

fromIndieWire
1 month ago
Independent films

Teyana Taylor Finds Comfort in the 'Uncomfortable' Conversations About Her Oscar-Nominated Role

Women
fromBlack Enterprise
1 month ago

Toyota Trailblazer Monica Womack To Share Leadership Lessons At Women Of Power Summit

Monica Denise Womack leads Toyota's Business and Community Engagement, champions strategic partnerships and mentorship, and will co-lead a 2026 Women of Power Summit session.
fromCaribbean Life
1 month ago

Bronx filmmaker spotlights Jamaican Diaspora stories - Caribbean Life

But rather than walk away from his creative calling, Driven said he pivoted - teaching himself videography and landing his first paid job through a Craigslist post filming Caribbean DJ, and DJ Mad Out. "That opportunity introduced him to New York's Caribbean music scene, where he went on to work with artists such as Shaggy, Ding Dong and Kranium," she said. "Those early experiences sharpened Hillmedo's eye for authenticity, capturing Caribbean culture not as spectacle, but as lived reality," she added.
Brooklyn
fromJezebel
1 month ago

Older White Women in Red States Really Loved This Documentary About an Immigrant!

In what seems to be the most uniting moment since Chardonnay was invented, older white Republican women flocked to movie theaters this past weekend to watch Melania, the nearly two-hour-long documentary about the First Lady financed by Jeff Bezos and directed by accused sex pest Brett Ratner. The film allegedly follows her during the 20 days leading up to Trump's second inauguration in 2025, though the trailer basically just showed her wearing sunglasses.
US politics
Television
fromScary Mommy
1 month ago

'Imperfect Women' On Apple TV: Why This Kerry Washington Thriller Is Already So Buzzy

Imperfect Women is a limited psychological thriller on Apple TV, premiering March 18, adapted from Araminta Hall’s novel, starring Kerry Washington, Elisabeth Moss, Kate Mara.
fromWashingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
2 months ago

We Watched "Queer Eye" With Sarah McBride - Washingtonian

On Thursday evening, an exhausted Sarah McBride sank into a pale yellow armchair in her Congressional office. It had been a long week, and she still had to drive two hours home to Delaware-but first, she'd agreed to watch the new Queer Eye, the tenth and final season of the hit Netflix makeover show, which is set in DC. On a wall-mounted TV-which typically shows a live feed of the House floor-we scrolled through the episodes and landed on one about a local tour guide.
US politics
LGBT
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago

12 Powerful LGBTQ+ Celebrity Coming Out Stories That Helped Me Find My Voice

Black LGBTQ+ celebrities' public coming-out experiences provide crucial visibility that helps queer youth embrace their identities and live authentically.
Social justice
fromKqed
3 months ago

Comedian Kaytlin Bailey Revives the Forgotten Histories of Sex Workers | KQED

Kaytlin Bailey's one-woman show blends comedy and sex-worker history while advocating decriminalization and expanded rights to reduce sexual and gender-based violence.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Chloe Zhao says feminine consciousness' incompatible with current Hollywood model

The US film industry currently fails to support gender-diverse leadership, with female directors comprising a declining share of top-grossing films.
Television
fromwww.amny.com
2 months ago

Iantha Richardson steps behind the camera for ABC's Will Trent' directorial debut amNewYork

Iantha Richardson makes her network-television directorial debut on ABC's Will Trent, fulfilling a 2020 goal and advancing representation for women of color in directing.
Social justice
fromMedium
3 years ago

Confessions of a Race Writer

Race writers risk performing a narrowed, victimized 'blackness' while often holding privilege and a platform to speak for marginalized people.
Film
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

These 10 essential movies about Black people with HIV will open your heart & mind - LGBTQ Nation

On-screen representation of people living with HIV remains extremely limited across platforms, with especially poor representation of Black people and few meaningful portrayals.
#reality-tv
fromQueerty
1 month ago
Television

Jay Manuel gets candid about ANTM's blackface controversy: "As a person of color ... it was not easy for me" - Queerty

fromQueerty
1 month ago
Television

Jay Manuel gets candid about ANTM's blackface controversy: "As a person of color ... it was not easy for me" - Queerty

fromThe Independent
2 months ago

Halle Berry 'wildly proud' of Oscar win - but says it didn't change her career

After I won it, I thought there was going to be, like, a script truck showing up outside my front door.
Film
Film
fromItsnicethat
1 month ago

The World of Black Film by Ashley Clark is a striking survey of Black cinematic history

A chronological survey of 100 films foregrounding Black filmmakers, cultural exchange, and international collaboration, presented with a striking lime-green design and Diouana still.
Film
fromVulture
1 month ago

Michelle Yeoh Is Everything Everywhere Again

Michelle Yeoh portrays multiple distinct characters in Sean Baker's short film Sandiwara, set in a Penang restaurant and premiering at Berlinale on February 13.
Television
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

Marvel's New Show Feels Like a Mix of Atlanta and The Studio

Wonder Man reimagines its titular character as a down-on-his-luck Haitian-American actor, delivering a Hollywood-focused comedic two-hander rather than a conventional superhero story.
Television
fromScary Mommy
2 months ago

12 Movie & TV Moms Who Deserved So Much Better

Many TV and film moms are unfairly labeled 'bad' despite managing exhaustion, grief, and unsupportive partners while carrying household and narrative burdens.
Film
fromVulture
2 months ago

Odessa A'zion Pulls Out of Film After Getting Cast in a Latina Role

Odessa A'zion withdrew from the role of Zoe Gutierrez in Deep Cuts after online backlash over the character's Mexican-Jewish identity and her non-Mexican background.
Film
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

Bronx filmmaker spotlights Jamaican Diaspora stories | amNewYork

Dante Hillmedo centers Bronx Caribbean immigrant experiences in film, teaching himself videography and building Team Elite Productions to portray Black and Caribbean stories authentically.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

I was still black the next morning': Halle Berry says Oscar win didn't change her career

Halle Berry and Lupita Nyong'o experienced persistent limited role opportunities and typecasting despite Oscar wins due to industry uncertainty about stories of people of colour.
Film
fromVulture
1 month ago

What Mira Nair Taught Zohran Mamdani

Mira Nair prepared a long-gestating film about Amrita Sher-Gil during a whirlwind India trip while her son Zohran Mamdani won New York mayoralty.
fromQueerty
2 months ago

Asia Kate Dillon dishes on taking the lead in Outerlands, cinema's hottest sex scene & their most challenging role - Queerty

Tattooed on Asia Kate Dillon's neck is "einfühlung," the German word for empathy. Not only is it a pretty bad*ss tattoo, it's also a guiding principal for an actor who strives to be a conduit for empathy in all their work, whether they're playing an inmate on Orange Is The New Black, a high-powered enforcer in John Wick: Chapter 3, or a financial analyst in the Showtime drama Billions, where they made history as the first non-binary main character an a mainstream American TV show.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Seeds review stunning film following struggling Black farmers in the American south

Brittany Shyne's stunning documentary observes Black farmers in the American south over the course of seven years, and portrays the beauty and the hardships of working with the land. The black-and-white cinematography lends a visual sumptuousness to the rituals of harvest: we see giant machines extracting cotton buds from open bolls, leaving behind a whirl of white fluffs fluttering in the air.
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